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This is a blog by flute player and teacher Dr. Cate Hummel. She writes weekly posts that offer suggestions on how to improve students' flute playing, as well as equipment suggestions and troubleshooting guides. Her writing style is to the point and easy to understand.

This website is filled with information about every song you can imagine. It also includes information about artists as well as some fun games and trivia concerning musicians. A top ten list of songs is given with further explanation about the music.

This site is a great resource to help students get into the minds of their favorite pop artists. Students often find it easier to connect to pop tunes than to classical music. This site provides a list of different pop tunes/artists along with descriptions about those pieces and artists. This helps students realize the thought behind creating music, which they can then transfer to their school music class. This site also includes blogs about songwriter interviews, quizzes, and song facts to name a few. The featured songs fall into the category "daily top ten" or "weekyl top ten," keeping the songs up-to-date and easy for young students to recognize/connect with.

This website is a great resource for discovering the stories behind popular songs. The list of songs seem to be extensive and include pieces that would be familiar to students. This resource could help create a relevant curriculum that speaks to the non-traditional music student's interests and their music experience.

This website is a great resource for band students to better understand note names, fingerings, and musical terms.  It is structured as a flash card game.  Students are racing to get all answers correct and into the Top 50.  If students answer incorrectly, the correct answer is shown to help students learn the correct answer. Students must answer all questions correctly in a certain time to move on to the next level.

This website is speed game for reinforcing terms, note names, or fingerings for students. It can be specialized to different instruments and has an option for teachers to keep track of scores by school.

Music racer is a tool to help users practice their note names and/or fingerings. Users select which instrument they would like to practice, and are given eight questions per round. Scoring is based on both speed and accuracy.

The Smithsonian Folkways website offers lesson plans and recordings pertaining to world music. Using the map tool, teachers can select a region and view a PDF lesson plan (primarily for upper elementary, middle, and high school levels) and links to tracks for purchase or streaming. The site also includes information about professional development and interactive features, such as a jazz mixer and "Meet the Mariachi."

Smithsonian Folkways is the record label of the Smithsonian Institute. Website includes free resources for the classroom including lesson plans, courses for teachers, and additional resources including thousands of recordings.

This website from PBS gives students (K-5) an opportunity to play games associated with different types of music.  Art and music are combined in some instances to appeal to this age group.  Non-traditional composition is also covered in these games in particular genres of music.

This is a fun and interactive way for pre-school or lower elementary aged kids to learn about music. They can explore many timbres of sound with familiar characters. I use this with my own children and it's a hit!

This website has a wide selection of music games for the young musician. Games are flash-based and are in a variety of musical genres. Many games require the user to compose in a specific style. Would work well on Chromebooks or computer lab.

This notebook began in 1995 as a compilation of notes taken from lectures during "String Pedagogy," a class offered by Robert Culver, Professor of Music Education at the University of Michigan School of Music. In addition to Professor Culver's course, a t

This is a great website for information about strings pedagogy. I also enjoy he teaching strategies  and informations on books. This will be great to check back throughout the year!

This website has a wealth of information on string pedagogy. Here you can find videos and sample lesson ideas on how to teach concepts range from bow hold to vibrato on all of the string instrument

Choir podcast

This website provides music educators with all upcoming events and conferences to help advance music education within New York State. It also provides job postings for anyone who is seeking employment. There are many links for parents and students to check out if they are performing in a festival, or have any questions regarding festivals.The NYSSMA website provides the National Core Art Standards as well as all necessary knowledge for NYS music teachers to be successful. In addition, this website provides various opportunities for their programs and students.

This website has a collection of information about teaching music with technology to the students not involved in traditional ensembles. It has profiles of programs in schools, articles, and research about reaching the other 80% of secondary students.

In this podcast, Dr. James Frankel suggests ways to use technology and foster creativity in the music classroom.

Tech ideas to add to the conversation of UMTECH17

Digital education talks for the music classroom.